Local Flavor: Bananas Foster in the Big Easy — intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com

Brennan’s has reconnected with an old flame. Bananas Foster was invented at this New Orleans institution in 1951, and, after the restaurant’s 2013 closure and expansive refurbishing, the flammable, rum-soaked dessert will once again light up the French Quarter. “It was the first tableside dish I nervously prepared when I was a boy,” says Ralph Brennan, Brennan’s new owner and nephew of the original proprietor. “The smell of butter and sugar caramelizing always brings me back to my childhood.”

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